title: Right ventricular local longitudinal curvature as a marker and predictor for pulmonary valve replacement surgery outcome: an initial study based on preoperative and postoperative cardiac magnetic resonance data from patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China; Mathematical Sciences Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. Electronic address: dtang@wpi.edu.
authors.forename: Dalin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Sciences Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass; China United Network Communications Co, Ltd, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geva
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Mass; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Pedro J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: del Nido
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right; D055815:Young Adult
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